Medicines and Poisons (Medicines) Regulation 2021
sec.200S8 safe establisher giving access to S8 safe
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sec.200 S8 safe establisher giving access to S8 safe
An S8 safe establisher may give a person access to an S8 safe at a place only if— the person is an authorised user of the S8 medicines kept in the safe at the place; and if the safe is at a relevant institution or community pharmacy—the person is permitted to open the safe under the substance management plan for the institution or pharmacy. giving a person a key or swipe card that opens the S8 safe providing a person with a way to generate a code or password for an electronic keypad that opens the S8 safe entering a person’s biometric information into an electronic system that allows the person to open the safe Maximum penalty—40 penalty units. The S8 safe establisher may give the access to the authorised user only if the user’s access is subject to any restrictions or controls required under— the departmental standard called ‘Secure storage of S8 medicines’; and if the safe is at a relevant institution or community pharmacy—the substance management plan for the institution or pharmacy. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units. a key or swipe card does not have any marking on it to identify it opens an S8 safe a code or password is connected to a system that records when it is used (sec.200-ssec.1) An S8 safe establisher may give a person access to an S8 safe at a place only if— the person is an authorised user of the S8 medicines kept in the safe at the place; and if the safe is at a relevant institution or community pharmacy—the person is permitted to open the safe under the substance management plan for the institution or pharmacy. giving a person a key or swipe card that opens the S8 safe providing a person with a way to generate a code or password for an electronic keypad that opens the S8 safe entering a person’s biometric information into an electronic system that allows the person to open the safe Maximum penalty—40 penalty units. (sec.200-ssec.2) The S8 safe establisher may give the access to the authorised user only if the user’s access is subject to any restrictions or controls required under— the departmental standard called ‘Secure storage of S8 medicines’; and if the safe is at a relevant institution or community pharmacy—the substance management plan for the institution or pharmacy. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units. a key or swipe card does not have any marking on it to identify it opens an S8 safe a code or password is connected to a system that records when it is used
- (a) the person is an authorised user of the S8 medicines kept in the safe at the place; and
- (b) if the safe is at a relevant institution or community pharmacy—the person is permitted to open the safe under the substance management plan for the institution or pharmacy.
- 1 giving a person a key or swipe card that opens the S8 safe
- 2 providing a person with a way to generate a code or password for an electronic keypad that opens the S8 safe